Public TV of Azov

Public TV of Azov
Громадське ТБ Приазов'я
Country	Ukraine
Headquarters	Mariupol, Ukraine

«Public TV of Azov» (Priazov.tv) — an initiative of volunteer journalists of Pryazovia on creating first independent media in the region.

Channel's goal is to give Mariupol and Azov region citizens an objective and unprejudiced information on political, economic, social issues. It's task is to fill information space of Azov region by informational and analytical articles and video-stories and to involve Mariupol citizens into process of solution of city problems.

History

Creation

An idea of creation of an independent public TV-channal for Pryazovia appeared after Mariupol was liberated from DPR occupation. Idea came from Roman Skrypin's Hromadske.TV (Ukrainian - Громадське телебачення, literally - Public television).

Public TV of Azov aired for the first time on July, 19. First guests were: priest of Kyivan patriarchy, press-secratary of bataliion Azov and organizator of protests in Vradiyivka.

Parliamentary election of 2014

During parliamentary election in 2014 Public TV of Azov hosted debates between candidates from Mariupol. It was the first ever debates in the city history.^[1]

The city of the heroes

In December, 2015 Public TV of Azov started project «The city of the heroes» - cycle of documentaries about Mariupol.^[2] Cycle was finished in August 2016 and consists of 10 films:

Mariupol self-defense unit
From election to election
Volunteer day
Sector «M»
After Minsk
Black January
First blood
The new city power
Start life again
Ukraine is Mariupol^[3]

External links

References

[1] Debates announcement (ukr.)

[2] Public TV of Azov starts new project - cycle of documentaries "The city of the heroes" (ukr.)

[3] The City of the heroes on IMDB

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